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Various views and streetscapes (Folder 544)
424 Images
Various views and streetscapes, including graffiti on monument at Western and 21st; viaduct mural at Halsted and Kinzie; Barber shop at Wells and Washington; Cabrini Green housing project after rehab; Chagall mosaic in Loop; Coastguard house at locks; Congress and Michigan; Continental bank; Copernicus statue at Adler Planetarium; Daley Plaza; Division and State; Drake Hotel; Drexel Fountain; Fort Sheridan Cemetery; Parking garages; Kemper Building; LaSalle Plaza; LaSalle and Adams; Kozsko Statue; Madison St.; Madison and Wells; 22 W. Madison Building; Marquette Statue; McKinley Park; Michigan Ave. bridge; Michigan Ave. high-rise; New Michigan Hotel (Lexington Hotel); Lake Shore Drive; Outer Drive; Port of Chicago; Presidential Towers; Robie House (exterior painting); "S" curve at Navy Pier; Sears and Hancock Towers; Sherman Hotel; State St.; Stearns Quarry; Stockyards Entrance; Sculpture on Parking Lot; Unidentified interior architecture; United Artists movie theater and intersection; 111 E. Wacker Dr.; Winnipeg (Manitoba) Mall; Winston Towers; WEM; Wolf Point before Apparel Center
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Locust Street, CTA tracks and John Hancock Center
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View east along West Locust Street towards the CTA elevated train tracks crossing over the street (now part of Brown and Purple Lines). 312 West Chestnut is immediately beyond the tracks at the right, and 900 North Franklin is at the left. In the distance, West Locust Street ends at the intersection with North Wells Street, and the John Hancock Center rises behind.
Date:
1971
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Apartment building, West Catalpa Avenue
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View looking northeast towards the Catalpa Edgewater Apartments (1022-1024 West Catalpa Avenue) from the intersection of North Kenmore Avenue and West Catalpa Avenue. The Renaissance Apartments (5510 North Sheridan Road, now condominiums) are visible behind it. West Catalpa Avenue runs across the bottom of the image.
Date:
1980; 1927 (The Renaissance Apartments); 1968 (Catalpa Edgewater Apartments)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Sandburg Village
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View of Sandburg Village apartment buildings, looking northeast along La Salle from Division. A corner of the La Salle Towers apartment building (1211 N. La Salle Blvd.) is visible on the right. The complex occupies the area along Clark and LaSalle Streets between Division Street and North Avenue, with a few buildings on the east side of Clark Street.
Date:
1976; 1960-1975 (Sandburg Village)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Holiday Inn Chicago City Centre and Time-Life Building
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View of the rear of the Holiday Inn Chicago City Centre (now Doubletree Hotel Chicago Magnificent Mile), looking south along North Fairbanks Court from East Ontario Street. Part of the Time-Life Building (541 North Fairbanks Court) is visible behind it.
Date:
1980; 1968-1970 (Time-Life Building); 1975 (Holiday Inn Chicago City Centre)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
North Lake Shore Drive with the Hancock Building, Playboy Building and Drake Hotel
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View looking south along North Lake Shore Drive from East Scott Street towards the Drake Tower Apartments and Drake Hotel, with the Playboy Building (originally Palmolive Building) and John Hancock Center behind.
Date:
1972; 1920 (Drake Hotel)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Huron Plaza
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View looking east along East Huron Street from North State Street, showing the high-rise condo tower Huron Plaza (30 East Huron) under construction.
Date:
1980
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
North Lake Shore Drive and 860-880 Lake Shore Drive apartments
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View to the north along North Lake Shore Drive, with 850 North Lake Shore Drive (originally Lake Shore Athletic Club) partially visible on the left of the photograph. The 860-880 North Lake Shore Drive apartments are next to it, across East Chestnut Street. Part of the Esplanade Apartments (900-910 North Lake Shore Drive) and part of 990 North Lake Shore Drive are visible to their right.
Date:
1990; 1924 (Lake Shore Athletic Club); 1948-1951 (860-880 North Lake Shore Drive); 1955 (Esplanade Apartments); 1973 (990 North Lake Shore Drive)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Hotel and apartment building with painted advertisements
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View looking northeast, showing a nineteenth-century hotel and an apartment building on West Ohio Street at the northwest corner of North Dearborn Street. The sides of the buildings are painted with advertisements for nearby businesses. There is a street-level parking lot in the foreground. The upper part of Water Tower Place and the John Hancock Center are visible behind them. On the right of the image, the rear of the Hotel Cass (now part of Holiday Inn Express) is visible.
Date:
1976; 1925 (Cass Hotel)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Sandburg Village
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View of Sandburg Village, showing a group of row houses along the street, with apartment towers behind. The complex occupies the area along Clark and LaSalle Streets between Division Street and North Avenue, with a few buildings on the east side of Clark Street.
Date:
1969; 1960-1975 (Sandburg Village)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Grand Avenue from North Michigan Avenue
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View to east along East Grand Avenue from North Michigan Avenue. The Time-Life building, located at 541 North Fairbanks Court, stands in the middle ground. Lake Point Tower is visible in the distance. Part of the facade of the Michigan Terrace Apartments (Michigan Terrace Condominiums) is visible in the left foreground.
Date:
1976; 1963 (Michigan Terrace Apartments); 1968 (Lake Point Tower); 1968-1970 (Time-Life Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Carson Pirie Scott store, State Street
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View of State Street in 1962 with the Carson Pirie Scott store.
Date:
1962
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Water Tower (Folder 531)
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Water Tower Repairs (1962) and completion of Water tower. Also visible are the John Hancock Center, Bonwit Teller Department Store and Water Place Tower.
Date:
1960s-1962; 1971-1998
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
North Kenmore Avenue
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View looking north along the east side of North Kenmore Avenue towards the intersection with West Berwyn Avenue (visible in the distance at the left). A small park is behind the fence in the right foreground, and the stone Epworth United Methodist Church (5253 North Kenmore Avenue) is visible to the left of it. Park Tower Condominiums, a high-rise apartment building at 5415 North Sheridan Road is visible behind the church.
Date:
circa 1980; 1890 (Epworth United Methodist Church); 1973 (Park Tower Condominiums)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Asbury Plaza, North Dearborn Street
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View to the north along the west side of North Dearborn Street. Asbury Plaza (750 North Dearborn Street) stands at the northwest corner of the intersection of North Dearborn and West Superior Streets. 712 North Dearborn Street is on the extreme left. The building next to it on the right has been demolished. On the right side of the photograph, the Fewkes Tower apartments (55 West Chestnut Street) are visible.
Date:
1985; 1967 (Fewkes Tower); 1981 (Asbury Plaza)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
North Michigan Avenue, high-rise buildings
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View looking north along North Michigan Avenue. The Water Tower is in the lower center of the photograph. Behind it is the I. Magnin store (originally Bonwit Teller), and One Magnificent Mile (940-980 North Michigan Avenue) under construction. 1000 Lake Shore Plaza rises behind One Mag Mile.
Date:
1982; 1949 (Bonwit Teller); 1964 (1000 Lake Shore Plaza); 1983 (One Mag Mile)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Elevated train tracks and Hancock Center under construction
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View to the east along West Chicago Avenue from just west of the intersection with North Franklin Street. The elevated tracks and entrance staircase for the Chicago Avenue station on the CTA's Brown Line are in the foreground. The John Hancock Center, under construction, is visible against the sky.
Date:
1968
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
State Street Mall from Jackson to Adams Street
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View of the State Street Mall from Jackson Street to Adams Street. The Baskin Store building is in the center of the image. Next to it at the far right is the Talman Home Federal Savings and Loan building. Part of the Palmer House Hilton is visible in the distance at the top of the image.
Date:
1982; 1947 (Baskin Store); 1966 (Home Federal Savings and Loan)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
John Hancock Center from adjacent neighborhood
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View of the John Hancock center in 1971. An adjacent neighborhood at the intersection of West Ontario Street and North State Street is in the foreground. The Playboy tower (Palmolive Building) is in the distance at the left.
Date:
1971; 1964-1969 (John Hancock Center)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
State Street and Carson Pirie Scott store
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View along State Street including the Carson Pirie Scott store.
Date:
1984; 1898-1904 (Carson Pirie Scott)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
1920s skyscrapers in the Loop
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View looking south along Michigan Avenue from the northern end of the North Michigan Avenue bridge. On the left is 333 North Michigan. Near the center of the image is the Carbide & Carbon Building (230 North Michigan Avenue, now a hotel). On the right is the London Guarantee & Accident Building (360 North Michigan Avenue), and behind it to the right, the upper part of the Mather Tower (now 75 East Wacker Drive) is visible.
Date:
1972; 1923 (London Guarantee, 360 North Michigan); 1928 (Mather Tower, 75 East Wacker); 1928 (333 North Michigan); 1929 (Carbide & Carbon Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Stores on North State Street at Ontario
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View to the northeast across North State Street at the intersection with West Ontario Street. A grocery store, liquor store, bar, laundromat, and a diner occupy the single-story buildings along this section of North State Street. A large billboard with a "Think Egghead" advertisement for vodka stands atop their roofs. The 111 East Chestnut Apartments (Elysees Condominiums), John Hancock Center, and Water Tower Place are visible in the upper part of the photograph.
Date:
1976
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
North Michigan Avenue and Ohio Street
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View north along North Michigan Avenue from a concrete planter in the median just south of the intersection with East Ohio Street. The Michigan-Ohio Building (612 North Michigan, demolished) is at the far left, and the Lake Shore National Bank (605 North Michigan) with its columned facade is at the far right.
Date:
1994
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
North Michigan Avenue high-rise buildings
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View along the west side of North Michigan Avenue, towards the Chicago Water Tower. 444 North Michigan and 500 North Michigan are the two high-rise towers at the far left. The intersection with East Illinois Street is visible near the foreground at the first set of traffic lights. The Omni Hotel (676 North Michigan Avenue), with its curved top, is in the distance. The Four Seasons Hotel Chicago (900 North Michigan Avenue), with its twin turrets is visible to the right of that.
Date:
1993
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
33 West Monroe Street and Xerox Center
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View of 33 West Monroe with the Xerox Center partially visible to its left. A vacant lot is in the lower foreground.
Date:
1987; 1977-1980 (Xerox Center); 1981 (33 West Monroe)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Chestnut Place Apartments
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View looking west along Chestnut Street towards the Chestnut Place Apartments (850 N. State Street).
Date:
1999; 1982 (Chestnut Place Apartments)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
John Hancock Center from adjacent neighborhood
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View of the John Hancock Center. An adjacent neighborhood at the intersection of W. Ontario Street and North State Street is in the foreground.
Date:
1971; 1964-1969 (John Hancock Center)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Restaurants on Rush Street
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View of restaurants located in nineteenth-century residential buildings along the east side of North Rush Street. At the far right of the image is Armando's Restaurant, at Rush and East Superior Streets. A large sign for Club Alabam (747 North Rush Street), a dining and dance establishment, stands on the rooftops near the center of the image. On the left is the south facade - facing Chicago Avenue - of Water Tower Hyatt House hotel (originally Water Tower Inn). Part of the John Hancock Center is visible at the upper right.
Date:
1976; 1962 (Water Tower Inn)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
American Medical Association building, West Grand Avenue
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View looking east along West Grand Avenue, from the intersection with North Dearborn Street. The American Medical Association building (537-539 North Dearborn Street, now demolished) stands on the north side of the street. The Michigan Terrace Apartments (535 North Michigan Avenue) and Time-Life building (541 North Fairbanks Court) are visible in the distance.
Date:
1976; 1935-1936 (added stories, remodel facade, American Medical Association Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: Division St. Bridge through Grand Ave. Bridge (Folder 7)
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Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: S. Damen Ave. Bridge (1930, 1931, 1973); N. Damen Ave. Bridge (1953); Dearborn St. Bridge (undated, 1953, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1963-64, 1964, 1972, 1973); Diversey Blvd. Bridge (1914, 1944, 1954, 1960, 1968)
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Fortnightly Club of Chicago
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View looking northeast across East Bellevue Place towards the Fortnightly Club, located at 120 East Bellevue Place. The Carlyle (1040 North Lake Shore Drive) rises behind the Fortnightly Club.
Date:
1990; 1892 (Bryan Lathrop House)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
High-rise buildings along North Lake Shore Drive
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View of high-rise development along North Lake Shore Drive, seen from Lake Shore Drive. Part of 999 North Lake Shore Drive is visible on the left. 1212 North Lake Shore Drive is visible under construction near the center of the image.
Date:
1969; 1912 (999 North Lake Shore Drive); 1969 (1212 North Lake Shore Drive)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Sandburg Village
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View of Sandburg Village apartment buildings, looking south along Clark Street. The complex occupies the area along Clark and LaSalle Streets between Division Street and North Avenue, with a few buildings on the east side of Clark Street.
Date:
1969; 1960-1975 (Sandburg Village)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Loop buildings from Dearborn and Adams Streets
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View of Loop buildings from the intersection of Adams and Dearborn Streets, showing the Palmer House hotel and the Mid-Continental Plaza (55 East Monroe Street) behind it.
Date:
1987; 1927 (Palmer House); 1972 (Mid-Continental Plaza)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Monroe Street at Sangamon
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View in winter looking east along West Monroe Street from just west of the intersection with South Sangamon Street. The Sears Tower (now Willis Tower) rises on the right.
Date:
1980
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
North Lake Shore Drive and John Hancock Center
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View looking south along North Lake Shore Drive from adjacent to 1524 North Lake Shore Drive, north of the intersection with East Burton Place. The John Hancock Center is visible in the middle of the photograph.
Date:
1985
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Hermitage Apartments and North Clark Street
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View looking northeast from North Clark Street towards the Hermitage Apartments (70 West Huron) during construction. The high-rise apartment building (now condominiums) is located at the northeast corner of West Huron Street and North Clark Street. A much smaller 6-flat stands to its right at 62 West Huron Street.
Date:
circa 1985; 1920 (62 West Huron Street); 1985 (Hermitage Apartments)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
860-880 Lake Shore Drive apartments
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View to the northwest along North Lake Shore Drive, towards the 860-880 North Lake Shore Drive apartments. The Esplanade Apartments (900-910 North Lake Shore Drive) and 990 North Lake Shore Drive are partially visible to their right. 850 North Lake Shore Drive (originally Lake Shore Athletic Club) is just visible on the extreme left.
Date:
1990; 1948-1951 (860-880 North Lake Shore Drive)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
City Place Hotel under construction
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View northwest across North Michigan Avenue towards City Place, a Hyatt Suite Hotel, under construction on the west side of that street (676 North Michigan Avenue), just south of the intersection with East Huron Street.
Date:
1989; 1990 (City Place)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
East Ohio Street from Wabash Avenue
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View to east along East Ohio Street from the intersection with North Wabash Avenue. A parking lot with a large billboard celebrating the American Bicentennial is on the north side of Ohio Street between Wabash Avenue and Rush Street. The office and commercial building in the center of the image stood at 100 East Ohio Street. Olson Rug occupied the ground floor at the time of the photograph. The 625 North Michigan building rises behind it. The Croydon Hotel (now The James Hotel) is at the far left, and the St. Clair hotel (formerly at 162 East Ohio Street) is at the far right.
Date:
1976; 1971 (625 North Michigan)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
North Lakeshore Drive and John Hancock Center
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View south along North Lakeshore Drive from East Burton Place. The John Hancock Center and 1300 North Lake Shore Drive are the tallest buildings in this skyline. The Palmolive Building, with its "Playboy" sign, is visible in front of the lower part of the Hancock Center.
Date:
1972; 1965 (1300 North Lake Shore Drive); 1969 (John Hancock Center)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access

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38 Cities and towns 35 Architecture 13 Apartment houses 10 Commercial buildings 8 Office buildings 6 Hotels 4 Signs and signboards 3 Automobiles 3 Dwellings 3 Stores, Retail 2 City traffic 2 Concrete masonry 2 Movable bridges 2 Pedestrians 2 Railroads, Elevated 2 Roads 2 Street lighting 2 Tall buildings 1 Aerial photographs 1 Aerial views 1 Bank buildings 1 Barges 1 Boats 1 Boats and boating 1 Cargo ships 1 Cement industry workers 1 Cement--Deterioration 1 Cemeteries 1 Church buildings 1 Civic improvement 1 Clubs 1 Columns, Concrete 1 Concrete construction 1 Condominiums 1 Construction equipment 1 Construction workers 1 Dedication services 1 Department stores 1 Destroyers (Warships) 1 Electrical engineering 1 Equestrian statues 1 Flags 1 Grandstands 1 Grounds maintenance 1 Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration 1 Housing 1 Industrial districts 1 Landscape architecture 1 Landscape gardening 1 Landscape plants 1 Local transit 1 Locks (Hydraulic engineering) 1 Monuments 1 Parking garages 1 Parking lots 1 Parks 1 Pavements (Sidewalks) 1 Pavements, Concrete--Design and construction 1 Pavements--Maintenance and repair 1 Pedestrains 1 Politicians 1 Railroad tracks 1 Restaurants 1 Rivers 1 Row houses 1 Scaffolding, Metal 1 Shrubs 1 Sidewalks--Maintenance and repair 1 Skyscrapers--Design and construction 1 Soil stabilization 1 Spectators 1 Staircases--Conservation and restoration 1 Statues 1 Stonemasonry 1 Street life 1 Tall buildings, Pedestrian areas 1 Tall buildings--Design and construction 1 Tanks 1 Traffic signs and signals 1 Trees 1 Trucks 1 Walking 1 Water towers 1 Waterfronts 1 Waterways 1 Work environment